Axa Parenterals Limited, Up vs. Assessment Unit, Delhi
ITA 5040/DEL/2025[2020-21]Status: DisposedITAT Delhi28 Jan 2026AY 2020-21
Bench: Shris. Rifaur Rahman & Shri Raj Kumar Chauhan
Section 142(1)Section 143(1)(a)Section 250Section 250(6)Section 270Section 37Section 37(1)
…dent of the business and may be allowable as a business loss or expenditure, but the latter arises on a wrongful act and is not allowable [Lakshmi Narayan Gouri Shankar v. CIT, (1975) 100 ITR 143, 151-2 (Pat), CIT v. J.K. Cotton Spng. & Wvg. Mills Co., (1980) 123 ITR 911 (All). Thus penalty by way of damages for supply of foodgrains not conforming to contract quality was held deductible (CIT v. Profulla Kumar Mallick, (1969) 73 ITR 119 (Orl); Govind Choudhary & Sons v. CIT, (1971) 79 ITR 492 (Ori)]. The reliance is being placed upon the following judicial pronouncements (1) Sardar Prit Inder Singh v. CIT, (1986)…